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FERDINAND PINEL DE GRANDCHAMP, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

GAME APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,709, dated January20, 1903.

' Application led .Tune 21, 1901. Serial No. 65,470. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FERDINANDl PINEL DE GRANDCHAMP, residing at 111Market street, Philadelphia, in the county of' Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in GameApparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object the production of a game apparatus ofthe general character of what are called shuflie-boards.

It consists generally in so constructing this board that it may bereadily transported and used and also when in use will be of suchcharacter that with a short board the pieces will not be liable to passfrom either end of the board in the progress of the game. To that end,speaking generally, I provide at each end of the table a hood which canbe moved above or below the line of the table, so that when the playersare sliding the pieces from one end this hood is adjusted above thelevel of the table, so as to catch and prevent the pieces from flyingbeyond the opposite end of the table. When the play is reversed, thehood at the first-mentioned end is depressed below the level of thetable, while the hood at the other end is elevated above the level ofthe table. I also hinge the table substantially central of its length.and so that Y one portion of the table may be folded upon the otherportion of the table, so that when out of use it will occupy but a smallspace. I further construct the movable hoods at each end of the table,so that one hood is of less width than the width of the table, while theother hood is of greater width than the width of the table, so that whenthe parts of the table are folded one upon the, other the hoods willnest one within the other, so that the whole game will thus when out ofuse be in a compact form.

I will now describe the embodiment of my invention illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a plan view of mygaine; Fig. 2, a vertical section along the linel 2 2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3,a side elevation, partially in section, showing one hood above the levelof the table, while the other hood is shown beloW the level of thetable. Fig. 4. is a view showing the table folded upon itself in theposition when not in use.

The game consists, essentially, of a table having a raised portion A,forming the playing-board, and the lower portions C C, forininglongitudinal gutters, and the end lower portions B B, forming transverseor lateral gutters. Extending along the longitudinal gutters C C are theledges H. Into these gutters C C the piece, it it escapes from the boardA, will drop and be held. Substantially central of the length of thetable it is cut so as to practically separate the table into two halves,which are hinged together by the hinges G G, one at each side. At oneend of this table the ledges H H are cut away, and from the cut-awayportions of the ledges H H and from the ends of the gutters BB projectthe pins e.

D is a hood, as shown, substantially U- shaped,provided with verticalslots e,through which the pins project. The pins e have a head at theirouter end larger in cross-section than the cross-section of the slot. Atthe opposite end of the table is a corresponding hood D, havingcorresponding slots e', through which pass the corresponding pins e, theonly diderence being that in this case the ledge H is not at that endcut away, so that the hood at that end projects beyond the width of thetable and ledge, while at the iirst-mentionedend the hood lies within oris of less width than that ot` the table and ledge. It will also beobserved that the distance from the end of the board A to the hood atthis end is somewhat greater than at the other end.

' F is a U-shaped spring resting between the heads of the pins e and thesurface of the hood D.

The table is supported upon the legs or supports E, which may be of anyform of construction desired, their purpose being merely to elevate thetable to a sufficient height.

As may be seen, with this construction the hood at either end may bemoved up and down vertically, so as to project above the table or to bedepressed below the level of the gutter B. By this construction play maybe started, say, at the left end, with the hood at that end depressedbelow the level of the table and the hood at the opposite end elevatedabove the table. Under' these conditions the pieces are slid from theleft-hand end to the right-hand end of the table. When the play is fromthe opposite end-that is, the righthand endthe hood at the right-handend is depressed, while the hood at the left-hand end is elevated, thespring F maintaining the hoods at the positions at which they areplaced. By this construction, as may be Seen, I am enabled to use a veryshort board without danger of the pieces flying beyond the end 0f thetable, and thus the shui'lie-board becomes adapted for use in parlorsand other places where considerable space is not available. When it isdesired no longer to use the game or temporarily put it out of use, thehoods at each end are lifted and the table as a whole turned upon itshinges G, so that one part will lie over the other part, as shown inFig. 4, when the hoods at each end will nest one within the other.

By the construction before described I am enabled to produce a gamecorresponding to shuffle-boards which is adapted for use in parlors orother places where a large space is not available, and, further, I amenabled to produce a game of that character which when not in use mayreadily be brought into such compact form as to occupy but little spaceand be readily put away in any desired space.

I do not intend to limit myself to the details of constructionhereinbefore described, except as the same may be specifically claimed.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to protectby Letters Patent, is

l. In a game apparatus of the characterdescribed, the combination with atable having a longitudinally-extending top surface, of two hoods whichin one position are situated at opposite ends of the table and extendingabove the said top surface, and means for securing each hood to thetable but giving them a limited movement relative thereto, to moveeither hood into or out of the specified position.

2. In a game apparatus of the character described, the combination witha table having a longitudinally-extending top surface, of two hoodswhich in one position are situated at opposite ends of the table andextending above the said top surface, and means for securing each hoodto the table but giving them a limited movement relative thereto, tomove either hood into or out of the specified position, and means formaintaining either hood either in or out of the specified position.

3. In a game apparatus of the character described, the combination witha table having a longitudinally-extending top surface, of hoods at eachend of the table and secured thereto, and means for giving each of saidhoods a limited vertical movement relative to the table to move iteither above the level of the said top surface or entirely below thesame.

4. In a game apparatus of the character described, a table having alongitudinally-extending top surface and composed of halves hingedtogether substantially midway of the length of said top surface, andhoods carried at the ends of the two halves and of such differingdimensions as to be adapted lo nest one within the other when the tableis folded upon its hinge.

5. In a game apparatus of the character described, in combination with aboard having a raised portion, of a hood at each end of said table saidhood having a vertical slot or slots, pins projecting from said boardand passing through said slots.

6. In a game apparatus of the character described, in combination with aboard having a raised portion, of a hood at each end of said table saidhood having a vertical slot or slots, pins projecting from said boardand passing through said slots, and a spring interposed between theheads of said pins and said hoods.

7. In a game apparatus of the character described, in combination with aboard having a raised portion, of a hood at each end of said table saidhood having a vertical slot or slots, pins projecting from said boardand passing through said slots, and retaining means for holding saidhoods in the desired vertical position.

8. A game apparatus of the character described, having a table hingedsubstantially central of its length and adapted to fold upon itself andvertically-movable hoods at each end of said table, one hood being lessthan the width of the board, the other being of width greater than thewidth of the board.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FERDINAND PINEL DE GRANDCIIAMP.

Vitnesses:

WM. WAGNER, .I r., CHARLES C. HEIsLER.

